J.Arthur Loose Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Taking a pause on the Norwich saber to get the carving form ready for this piece. It will be a falcata with a tiger theme… so we’ll see where that ends up. Forged this blade almost 20 years ago! 12 jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 Wow, you did good on those twists. I can almost see an Asian sort of dragon shape if I stare at them. 1 -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Arthur Loose Posted February 28, 2022 Author Share Posted February 28, 2022 Sheath blank glued up. Maybe I’ll do a good old fashioned WIP thread. 5 jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua States Posted February 28, 2022 Share Posted February 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, J.Arthur Loose said: Maybe I’ll do a good old fashioned WIP thread. Yes please. 1 “So I'm lightin' out for the territory, ahead of the scared and the weak and the mean spirited, because Aunt Sally is fixin’ to adopt me and civilize me, and I can't stand it. I've been there before.” The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing. Josh http://www.dosgatosdesignsllc.com/#! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdJMFMqnbLYqv965xd64vYg J.States Bladesmith | Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dos.gatos.71 https://www.etsy.com/shop/JStatesBladesmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Lester Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 And I feel bad when I run across the knife that I forged out and grinded about 5-6 years ago. That's a great looking sword blade. Doug 1 HELP...I'm a twenty year old trapped in the body of an old man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter-Paul Derks Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Great looking blade! I am hoping for a tiger head pommel now 1 http://mefecit.nl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Arthur Loose Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 Wax blanks in very rough place. Want to give myself a design constraint, but with the most room to move. Tang can be ground down substantially. Sheath is roughed in. 3 jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Morgan Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I’m looking forward to seeing this finished! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Arthur Loose Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, Eric Morgan said: I’m looking forward to seeing this finished! Me too! LOL jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deker Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Ok...I guess I'm going to have to start showing up here more often now....This is gonna be a good one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Colwell Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 ok this is a way to provide nostalgia and something new. I'll bite - what are the waxes going to be when they grow up? Seriously, tiger-themed? Is that the plan? good to see you here. Oh, I forgot to ask - I thought they were usually horse-themed? Not opposed to tiger, just asking because it is a vague memory of something Jesus did a decade ago. 1 please visit my website http://www.professorsforge.com/ “Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” E. V. Debs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Arthur Loose Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 On 3/3/2022 at 7:02 PM, Kevin Colwell said: ok this is a way to provide nostalgia and something new. I'll bite - what are the waxes going to be when they grow up? Seriously, tiger-themed? Is that the plan? good to see you here. Oh, I forgot to ask - I thought they were usually horse-themed? Not opposed to tiger, just asking because it is a vague memory of something Jesus did a decade ago. The tiger theme is per customer request, and the piece does not have to be strictly historical. It will be odd, but I’ll see what I can do. 1 jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles dP Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 (Foreground left on that last picture) Is she biting already? Going to be one feisty tigress if she did. 1 "The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card Nos, qui libertate donati sumus, nes cimus quid constet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Arthur Loose Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 Got the falcata scales roughed out to fit the tang, and added a habaki or something to better the gesture. Not historical, but I get to have fun with this blade I forged nearly 20 years ago. LOL. 1 jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Arthur Loose Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 On 3/5/2022 at 1:20 PM, Charles dP said: (Foreground left on that last picture) Is she biting already? Going to be one feisty tigress if she did. Alas, wax. LOL. 1 jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Gerber Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Sir Mister Loose I can't help but wonder how amazing the stuff was that kept you away from that blade for 20 years, for me it would be a lifetime achievement. Very cool, can't wait to see it finished. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Arthur Loose Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 6 hours ago, Gerhard Gerber said: Sir Mister Loose I can't help but wonder how amazing the stuff was that kept you away from that blade for 20 years, for me it would be a lifetime achievement. Very cool, can't wait to see it finished. Mostly women. LOL 3 jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Arthur Loose Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 I know a cute little tiger that’s getting some toe beans. 2 jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel W Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 Fantastic work, and yet, I'm staring at those nifty little dividers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dougherty Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, J.Arthur Loose said: Mostly women. LOL 21 hours ago, J.Arthur Loose said: I know a cute little tiger that’s getting some toe beans. Wait, we're talking about carving wax again, right? Edited July 15, 2022 by Brian Dougherty 1 -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Arthur Loose Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 TOE BEANZ. 1 jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Dude. I approve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter-Paul Derks Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Ha! I love those toes, this is such a cool project again 1 http://mefecit.nl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Arthur Loose Posted July 17, 2022 Author Share Posted July 17, 2022 Whup! 2 jloose.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 Ballsy move, sir! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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